Snapchat shuts down its original content channel

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After experimenting for about five months and failing to make a mark, Snapchat’s ‘Snap Channel’, which featured original content created in-house, is shutting down, reports Deadline. The ephemeral messaging service had hired Marcus Wiley, co-head of comedy development at Fox, to lead a team of 15 members to develop programming for the new program. Wiley was credited with the launch of popular series like “New Girl,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” “The Mindy Project” and “Bob’s Burgers.” Snap Channel featured on Snapchat’s Discover platform, which launched in January and hosts content partners like BuzzFeed, Vice, Yahoo, National Geographic and ESPN. In a statement…

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